Like those learning the equivalent English verbs to take and to bring, the verbs levar and trazer can sometimes be a little confusing, especially since we can translate levar as both to take and to bring in English. Here are some examples that will help you remember how to distinguish the two.

Sometimes people talk about movement to/from places where neither speaker, nor the subjects of the sentence live. Here’s an example: I am in Brazil talking to my friends (present with me in Brazil) about Canada (a place none of us have been to) and I say “French immigrants brought their cultural traditions to Canada”. Another example would be “Maria brought a dessert to Jan’s house” (obviously neither the speaker nor the listener is either Maria or Jan). Do you use trazer or levar in these cases?

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